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Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र
Endangered Bird Breeding Centre
Indian vulture in Flight
Indian vulture in Flight
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictHisar
Founded bythen Chief Minister of Harayana Om Prakash Chautala
Named forformer Chief Minister of Harayana Chaudhari Devi Lal
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Haryana
 • BodyForests Department, Haryana
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitewww.haryanaforest.gov.in

Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
Indian vulture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Gyps
Species:
G. indicus
Binomial name
Gyps indicus
(Scopoli, 1786)
Synonyms

Gyps indicus indicus

The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore (JCBC), (Hindi: जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र) is a facility within Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures (गिध) in the State of Haryana, India, in Panchkula district in the town of Pinjore.[2][3]

Location

It is located within the Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, which is 8 km away from Pinjore on Pinjor-Mallah Road.[2] If is 10 km from Kalka, 20 km from Panchkula, 30 km from Chandigarh, 20 km from Morni Hill station.

History

The facility, established in 2001, is a joint project of the state forestry department and the Bombay Natural History Society. It covers 5 acres (2.0 ha), and its focus is the conservation, study, and breeding of three species of vultures threatened with extinction. The Centre's research confirmed the discovery that the use of the drug diclofenac in cattle was a critical factor in the decline of vulture populations. The Government of India banned the veterinary use of the drug in 2008 as a result of research done at the Centre.[4]

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Images

  • At nest (Orchha, India)
    At nest (Orchha, India)
  • Indian vulture
    Indian vulture
  • Indian vulture chased by Black Kite
    Indian vulture chased by Black Kite
  • Courtship between two Indian vultures
    Courtship between two Indian vultures
  • Indian vulture in Flight
    Indian vulture in Flight
  • Vulture in flight
    Vulture in flight

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ a b "Haryana Forest Department". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. ^ http://haryanaforest.gov.in/JCBC.aspx
  4. ^ "Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore". Haryana Forest Department. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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